Fulling mills in England were introduced in the last half of the twelfth century. This application of water power to fulling was developed and spread by religious orders, primarily by the Cistercians and the military orders such as the Templars and Knights Hospitaller.[1] Bernard of Clairvaux wrote to Henry I of England in 1131 as regards his plan to establish a daughter house of Clairvaux Abbey as an outpost in what was to become Rievaulx Abbey.[2]
References
edit- ^ "The Fulling Mills of the Isle of Wight". www.iwhistory.org.uk. Isle of White History. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
- ^ Kerr, Julie; Foot, Sarah. "Home page of the Cistercians in Yorkshire Project". www.dhi.ac.uk. Digital Humanities Institute. Retrieved 19 October 2024.